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Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise in and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan. Both societies have faced rising rates of diabetes, but their social and biomedical responses to its ascendance have diverged. To explain the emergence of these distinctive strategies, Armstrong-Hough argues that physicians...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Case Against Sugar tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Gary Taubes's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of The Case Against Sugar includes: Chapter-by-chapter overviews. Profiles of the main characters. Detailed timeline of key events....
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Achieve anything you want while living with chronic illness. Are you frustrated by being constantly sidelined by your health? Do you feel like every time you dig into a project your chronic disease gets in the way? Do you worry that living with a chronic illness means you will never feel well enough to reach your goals? In Beyond Powerful: Your Chronic Illness Is Not Your Kryptonite by Lala Jackson weaves personal anecdotes of being an overachiever...
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American Diabetes Association
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2011
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"The completely revised Complete Guide to Carb Counting, 3rd edition, by the American Diabetes Association, provides you with the knowledge and the tools to put carbohydrate counting into practice. Rewritten and reorganized to introduce and explain carb counting concepts as you'll need them in your diabetes care plan, you'll learn why carb counting helps you manage your blood sugar, the amount of carb to eat, how to count the carbohydrates in meals,...
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Diabetic Meal Plans for a Healthy Diabetic Diet and Lifestyle for All Ages ------- Now, with the following changes: * New introduction - 477 words. * New content: Multiple recipes - over 3700 words. * Improved formatting and editing ------- It may be that you have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, or perhaps you have been diabetic for many years, either way, you may be tired of not eating like you used to, or perhaps have been looking for decent...
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Little, Brown and Co
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2012
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"In THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Dr. Hyman describes the seven keys to achieving wellness-nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind-and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program. With advice on diet, green...
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"The American body is plagued by obesity, heart disease, and diabetes. In Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs, the follow up to his bestselling book The End of Overeating, Dr. David A. Kessler explains how we can reduce heart disease, keep weight off, and reduce chronic disease"--
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American Diabetes Association
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[2015]
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"Any person diagnosed with diabetes has one simple question: What do I eat now? When diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, doctors typically tell their patients to start eating healthy. But what does that mean? If figuring out what to eat seems like taking a test, here's the solution, the American Diabetes Association book, What Do I Eat Now?. Written in clear, concise, and down-to-earth language that takes the mystery out of confusing nutrition recommendations,...
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Reader's Digest
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[2016]
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"Newly updated with the latest science, Reverse Diabetes Forever offers more than 700 tips, plans, and recipes to beat diabetes. The only guide you'll ever need to mastering diabetes (type 1 or type 2), once and for all. In this comprehensive book, you'll find the latest science and expert advice that enables you--at long last--to take control. You'll learn how to shop, cook, and eat. Learn how to transform your favorite comfort foods into delectable,...
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St. Martin's Press
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[2017]
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Has your doctor suggested you get your blood sugar numbers down? This five-week plan comprised of simple, affordable, accessible food as well as more than fifty sugar swaps will lower your blood sugar levels. The BLAST the Sugar Out! five-week program is structured and clear about what you must eat at meals and for snacks every day to keep on track. There's no meal skipping, plenty of food, and short bursts of exercise to super-charge your results....